[Elecraft] KPA500 (S/N 82) Power Out Problem....

[Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft]

Did you mistakenly turn on demo mode in the menu?

Eric
elecraft.com
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> On Sep 16, 2015, at 5:14 PM, W5RDW <rwhitetexas at verizon.net> wrote:
> 
> Last night, I turned on my K3/KAT500/KPA500 as normal and upon CW key up, all
> the Power (W) LEDs lit up across the scale. The Fault LED was not lit. The
> VSWR was good. The KPA500 reads 640 watts ?? Pout with nominal drive power
> (15 watts) from the K3. The CUR is not reading any current. This happens on
> all bands 160 to 6M. All was working yesterday with no problems. I took the
> KAT500 out of the chain and ran the K3 directly into the amp input and then
> the amp output into a high power dummy load/watt meter. I only read the K3
> nominal power out (set to 15 watts) on the watt meter. 
> 
> I re-seated all the cables between the rig/tuner/PA. Has anyone experienced
> this on their KPA500?
> 
> Roger W5RDW
> Murphy, TX
> 
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